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Hey folks, it's Ben Greenfield with a special guest for today's podcast.

And there was actually a recent article in Men's Journal on my guest today.

And here's just a snippet of what Men's Journal had to say.

Few people have subjected their bodies to as much wear and tear as this Manhattan chef

and restaurateur.

The mastermind behind the red-hot Manhattan restaurant, Tertulia, and I don't know if

I'm pronouncing that properly.

And a regular on the food network, he has seen it all.

He contracted dengue fever on a mountain bike trip across Costa Rica.

He was bitten by a vampire bat while cooking at an echo lodge in the jungles of Venezuela,

an injury that required an emergency helicopter trip to the closest hospital.

He spent five months on a punishing 11,000-mile dirt bike trek from San Francisco to Panama

and back.

There have been bike races, cycle cross challenges, and mountain bike half centuries.

Not to mention years of brutal 90-hour work weeks in high-end restaurant kitchens all

over the world.

Well, it may sound like I'm about to interview somebody who's just a daredevil chef.

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